EU OFFICIALS REVEAL COUNTERFEIT CLOTHING AND ACCESSORY HAUL IN INTERNATIONAL OPERATION
April 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ROMANIAN customs officers participating in an international anti-smuggling action have seized 20 tonnes of undocumented perfume from a lorry - containing scents in Gucci, Versace, Calvin Klein, Chanel and other packaging. The raid was coordinated with other actions across Europe by European Union anti-fraud unit OLAF. The scent was being driven from Turkey to Poland.
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ROMANIAN customs officers participating in an international anti-smuggling action have seized 20 tonnes of undocumented perfume from a lorry - containing scents in Gucci, Versace, Calvin Klein, Chanel and other packaging. The raid was coordinated with other actions across Europe by European Union anti-fraud unit OLAF. The scent was being driven from Turkey to Poland.
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